bsi who has been country and former private investor banker for bsi who has been facing trial and heguilty of tampering with key witnesses. so basically he was facing money laundering allegations and he has been found guilty that he urged his witnesses to destroy evidence, and he faces his sentence is tomorrow, but he also faces a separate trial in which he faces charges of money laundering which, of course, is a lot more serious next year. thank you very much. i know you will stay across that story for us there in ourasia stay across that story for us there in our asia business hub. back with them as soon as there is any developments there. this is what markets are looking like across asia. it is brighter for the japanese economy. the government upgraded its monthly economic assessment, a day after the bank ofjapan raised its view of the world's number three economy for the first time in over a year. that's down to a pick up in exports. in the us, the dow within touching distance of the 20,000 level and germany's dax posted its highest levels this year. now yesterday's move in the f

muscles, flexing its they have closed down bsi operations here in singapore.r goldman sachs banker also faces a potential band, which would be among the most high-profile individual bands imposed by a singapore regulator. siis is the conviction ofex-b bankers in singapore. one banker misappropriated billions of dollars. it is the biggest money laundering case to hit the country. investigations have been most complex, the scandal sophisticated. of moneyall it a web trail. yousef: a bit of a preview of what is to come on "bloomberg markets: middle east." year of stability and opportunity for global oil and gas companies. we discuss more on that subject with the company's research director. oil prices trading to the upside. ♪ rishaad: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: middle east ," i am rishaad salama in hong kong. yousef: and i am yousef gamal el-din in dubai. let's get a check of the business headlines. approval to won build a $10 billion natural gas export plant in texas. two companies happen given the go-ahead for a pipeline project 2.5 cubic feet of gas t